Korean is the official language in only a handful of regions: South Korea and North Korea on the Korean peninsula, and parts of Northeastern China where many Koreans live.Īccording to the 2021 Duolingo Language Report, Korean is the 7th most popular language to study around the world, and Korean is one of the fastest growing languages on Duolingo in countries as diverse as Brazil, France, Germany, India, and Mexico. But if you still need convincing… here are a few fun facts about the language, its history, and why you should try it for yourself! Korean is one of the fastest growing languages in the world You’re not alone! Korean has been growing more and more popular in recent years, mainly thanks to the rising popularity of Korean soap operas (also known as K-dramas) and K-pop. Maybe you picked up new words while watching a Korean drama like Squid Game or listening to your favorite K-pop bop by BTS. The numbers in my images are taken from the desktop website version of Duolingo without being signed up for any beta testing.Annyeong, Duolingo learners! If you’re interested in learning Korean, you might already know a few Korean words.

For example, 3 units on the old tree can mean anywhere from 30 to 42 units in the new path, depending on how much content is actually in the course (of course it still varies a bit depending on how many lessons there are per circle) The new path's unit counts are more helpful when figuring out content density.

'Last true unit' is going to be the last unit that isn't purely review Just scroll to the end and see everything is labelled 'personalized practice' rather than a lesson name.

The amount of these units depends on the length of the actual course. For example, German looks about the same length as Norwegian, but Norwegian actually has more non-story content (you can see this with the old tree's unit count)Īll courses have units at the end that are purely dedicated to review. Stories increase the length of courses, so they were sorted separately from other courses. This isn't the first time someone counted units, but some more details were added, including the unit counts for both the new and old layouts, & courses for non-English speakers.

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